RE: Unit Designations and Meeting Engagements
From: DAWGFACE47@w...
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 08:52:54 -0600 (CST)
Subject: RE: Unit Designations and Meeting Engagements
AND I REMEMBER INFANTRY COMPANY WEAPONS PLATOONS with 81mm mortars and
other heavy weapons from roughly the same era.
and infantry platoon weapons squads that had both LMG and either 3.5"
RL or 90mm RR as part of their weapons.
when both were taken out for a sweep where base camps (and bunkers) or
armor were likely, the grunts in the rifle squads found themselves
humping the 3.5" RL or the 90mm RR and ammo for the weapons
squaddies!
hell everyone was trained in the use of all infantry weapons (mortars
being pocket artillery required a bit of extra training) up to the
105mm and 106mm RR.